Amazing Stories: Book 2 1987  PG, 71 min.
Genre: Animation / Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Zemeckis, Brad Bird
Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Scott Coffey, Mary Stuart Masterson, Stan Freberg, Annie Potts, Mercedes McCambridge, Billy Beck, Tom Bresnahan, Scott Menville, Marshall Efron, Jack Angel, Brad Bird
Two more stories from the Spielberg TV series are provided: "Go to the Head of the Class," concerns two students who get back at their sadistic teacher, and "Family Dog" is an animated film of a suburban family as seen through the eyes of their dog.
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At Close Range 1986 R, 115 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Foley
Cast: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Millie Perkins, David Strathairn, Eileen Ryan, Candy Clark, J.C. Quinn
Sean Penn and Christopher Walken star as son and father, respectively, in this unsettling movie (based on a true story) about a father's influencing his son to turn to a life of crime in order to obtain his love. Good performances by Walken and Penn. Intense and brutal.
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Bad Girls 1994  R, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore, James Russo, James LeGros, Robert Loggia, Dermot Mulroney, Cooper Huckabee
This is a modern Western in which four women (Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, and Drew Barrymore) are forced into living lives outside the law in order to survive.
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Bed of Roses 1996  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Goldenberg
Cast: Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson, Pamela Adlon, Josh Brolin, Brian Tarantina, Debra Monk, Mary Alice, Kenneth Cranham, Ally Walker, Anne Pitoniak, Gina Torres, Nick Tate
Wealthy widower Lewis (Christian Slater) sends Lisa (Mary Stuart Masterson) flowers at her Wall Street office. Lisa is thrilled until she discovers that her admirer delivers flowers for a living (he enjoys watching people smile when they receive flowers). Love perseveres, and romance wins out in this romantic comedy.
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 Benny & Joon 1993 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, CCH Pounder, Dan Hedaya, Joe Grifasi, William H. Macy, Liane Alexandra Curtis, Eileen Ryan, Don Hamilton, Waldo Larson, Shane Nilsson, Irvin Johnson
While taking care of his schizophrenic sister Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson), Benny (Aidan Quinn) finds his world upset by the arrival of their house guest Sam (Johnny Depp). Sam loves performing Buster Keaton routines and impresses Joon. They fall in love, and their new relationship causes a rift between Joon and Benny but allows Benny to find time for his own pleasures.
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Black and Blue 1999  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Shapiro
Cast: Mary Stuart Masterson, Anthony LaPaglia, Will Rothhaar, Sam Robards, Beau Starr, Sabrina Grdevich, Elizabeth Brown, Allegra Fulton, Janet Bailey, Joanna Merlin
Battered wife Fran Benedetta (Mary Stuart Masterson) and her young son, Robert (Will Rothhaar), leave their home, change their names, and start a new life. All is peaceful–until Robert makes contact with his father (Anthony LaPaglia). Will the cycle of abuse continue?
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Chances Are 1989  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Emile Ardolino
Cast: Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson, Christopher McDonald, Josef Sommer, Joe Grifasi, Henderson Forsythe, Susan Ruttan, Fran Ryan, Lester Lanin, Richard DeAngelis, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Jacquelyn Drake, Don Richards
Corinne (Cybill Shepherd) and Louie (Christopher McDonald) are married and live happily in Washington, D.C., until Louie is killed in a car accident leaving Corinne with a baby on the way. For the next 20 years, Louie's best friend Philip (Ryan O'Neal) serves as the surrogate father for Corinne's daughter Miranda (Mary Stuart Masterson). Meanwhile, Louie's soul is reincarnated in the body of Alex Finch (Robert Downey Jr.). Now, Alex and Miranda become involved romantically, and Alex's memory of his life as Louie comes back to him. Alex/Louie realizes that Miranda is the daughter he never met, and complications ensue after Alex sees Corinne for the first time and tries to woo her. 1 User Review
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| | Love anything Robert Downey, Jr. is in | Carole Ann 01/28/2007 | | But this one in particular. Everyone in it performs in a stellar style. Very enjoyable! Good message. Fun in every way! |
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Digging to China 1998 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Timothy Hutton
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cathy Moriarty, Evan Rachel Wood, Marian Seldes, Joanne Pankow
Dreaming of a better world occupies 10-year-old Harriet's (Evan Rachel Wood) time as she tries to escape the reality of an alcoholic mother and a trampy, resentful, older sister. Then one day, Harriet meets and bonds with a 30-year-old retarded man, Ricky Schroth (Kevin Bacon). Together, they engage in innocent flights of fancy as they cope with the struggles life has dealt them.
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Dogtown 1997 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Trevor St. John, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau, Rory Cochrane, Karen Black, Harold Russell, Erin Murphy, Shawnee Smith, John Livingston, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Philip Van Horn (Trevor St. John) returns to his small town in Missouri after several years of trying to make it in Hollywood. He had little luck, but becomes a hometown hero of sorts and pursues his old flame Dorothy (Mary Stuart Masterson) who is now a bored, drunken hairdresser.
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The Florentine 1999 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Nick Stagliano
Cast: Jeremy Davies, Virginia Madsen, Luke Perry, Mary Stuart Masterson, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Hal Holbrook, Tom Sizemore, James Belushi, Lillo Brancato, Maeve Quinlan, Robert Downs, Burt Young, Chris Barnes, Jill Hennessy
Whitey (Michael Madsen) owns a Pennsylvania bar where losers–Robbie (Chris Penn), Truby (Jeremy Davies), Smitty (Hal Holbrook), and Frankie (Luke Perry)–come together and brood over their sad lots in life. Whitey is deeply in debt to loan shark Joe McCullough (Burt Young) who is being distracted by Whitey's friend Robbie, but there are more problems as well. His pal Frankie has lost the cash Whitey had planned to use for his sister Molly's (Virginia Madsen) wedding, and now her ex-boyfriend (Tom Sizemore) has returned, and more problems rise to the fore. But, Smitty just may prove to be the unlikely hero in this sad state of affairs, and Smitty just might save the day.
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Fried Green Tomatoes 1991 PG-13, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Avnet
Cast: Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Searcy, Cicely Tyson, Chris O'Donnell, Stan Shaw, Gailard Sartain, Lois Smith, Timothy Scott, Gary Basaraba, Grace Zabriskie, Macon McCalman, Raynor Scheine
Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) meets octogenarian Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy) while visiting a nursing home. They become close friends, and Ninny tells stories about Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker) who lived in Georgia in the 1930s. Through flashbacks, Ninny's story is told beginning when Idgie and Ruth open a cafe in Whistle Stop, Alabama, where they serve fried green tomatoes. Despite problems, they succeed in the business, and their friendship endures. Evelyn is inspired by Ninny's stories, and she becomes a stronger woman.
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Funny About Love 1990 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: Gene Wilder, Christine Lahti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Prosky, Stephen Tobolowsky, Susan Ruttan, Anne Jackson, Jean De Baer, David Margulies, Tara Shannon, Wendie Malick, Robert Hy Gorman, Freda Foh Shen, Scott Groff, Ramy Zada
Liberal political cartoonist Duffy Bergman (Gene Wilder) falls in love with and marries a chef, Meg (Christine Lahti). All goes well–for awhile–until Duffy thinks about having a baby, and Meg wants her career. They drift apart, and Duffy finds another "love of his life," Daphne (Mary Stuart Masterson). Only after Daphne becomes pregnant does Duffy realize how much Meg means to him.
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Gardens of Stone 1987 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: James Caan, James Earl Jones, Anjelica Huston, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lonette McKee, Sam Bottoms, Elias Koteas, Laurence Fishburne
This movie tries to show the inner workings of the brotherhood of soldiers. "Gardens of Stone" refers to Arlington National Cemetery, and the story centers on the Old Guard of elite soldiers who perform the internment ceremonies at Arlington.
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Heaven Help Us 1985 R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Dinner
Cast: Donald Sutherland, John Heard, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kate Reid, Wallace Shawn, Jay Patterson, Philip Bosco, John Bentley
This story takes place in Brooklyn during the mid-1960s, and it does a good job of interpreting life as it was then. The focus is on a group of Catholic schoolboys who manage to keep themselves in trouble.
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Heaven's Prisoners 1996 R, 132 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Joanou
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Eric Roberts, Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Badja Djola, Don Stark
Based on James Lee Burke's detective series, this film features Alec Baldwin as ex-cop Dave Robicheaux who, with his wife (Kelly Lynch), looks into the mystery behind a plane crash and does not come up empty-handed.
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The Last Party 1993 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Mark Benjamin
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn, Bill Clinton, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, William Baldwin, Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Downey Sr., Arnold Schwarzenegger
This documentary examines the 1992 Presidential campaign and the politics of the current era. From Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton to Spike Lee, from G. Gordon Liddy and Ollie North to Arnold Schwarzenegger–they're all here.
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Leo 2002 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mehdi Norowzian
Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Elisabeth Shue, Mary Stuart Masterson, Dennis Hopper, Sam Shepard, Deborah Kara Unger, Davis Sweat, Justin Chambers, Jake Weber, Richard Jennings
Two stories run through this film, which is set in the 1960s, and come together at the end. Stephen (Joseph Fiennes), recently out of prison, works in a diner and attempts to find a new life for himself. At night he works on a novel and writes letters. Mary's (Elisabeth Shue) husband and daughter died in an auto accident while she was pregnant with an illegitimate son, Leo (Davis Sweat), who is left to fare for himself. He began writing to Stephen while Stephen was in prison, and continues to correspond. Stephen eventually leaves the diner and begins a search for Leo who helped him get through his incarceration.
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Married to It 1993 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing, Robert Sean Leonard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cybill Shepherd, Ron Silver, Nathaniel Moreau, Gerry Bamman, Don Francks, Donna Vivino
Planning a school pageant for their children becomes the vehicle for new relationships with three couples that appear to have little in common at first.
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Mr. North 1988 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Danny Huston
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Anjelica Huston, Lauren Bacall, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Stuart Masterson, Virginia Madsen, David Warner, Tammy Grimes, Hunter Carson
Recent Yale graduate Theophilus North accepts a job as tutor in Newport, Rhode Island. While there, he upsets the local doctor by his seemingly magical powers of healing.
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My Little Girl 1986 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Connie Kaiserman
Cast: Mary Stuart Masterson, James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Pamela Payton-Wright, Anne Meara, Peter Gallagher, Jordan Charney, Traci Lind, George Newbern, Erika Alexander
A wealthy young girl decides to do something worthwhile during summer vacation. Her decision leads her to a home for run-away girls where she learns as much as she helps.
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Radioland Murders 1994  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Smith
Cast: Brian Benben, Ned Beatty, Mary Stuart Masterson, Michael Lerner, George Burns, Peter MacNicol, Brion James, Michael McKean, Robert Klein, Corbin Bernsen, Christopher Lloyd, Jim McKeny
The year is 1939, and station WBN is about to make its debut in Chicago. Opening night a series of murders begins, and it is up to police Lieutenant Cross (Michael Lerner) to solve the crimes.
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The Sisters 2006 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Maria Bello, Mary Stuart Masterson, Erika Christensen, Tony Goldwyn, Elizabeth Banks, Rip Torn, Chris O'Donnell, Eric McCormack, Steven Culp, Alessandro Nivola, Greg Foote, Ed Ragozzino
This take-off on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters," is updated and now set in the United States where sisters Marcia and Olga (Maria Bello and Mary Stuart Masterson) are planning a surprise for their sister Irene's (Erika Christensen) birthday. The party takes place, but it leads to the siblings' struggle with suppressed memories as they try to overcome their father's death and come to an honest understanding of their relationships with each other.
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Some Kind of Wonderful 1987 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer, John Ashton, Elias Koteas, Molly Hagan, Maddie Corman, Jane Elliot, Candace Cameron Bure
A high-school boy (Eric Stoltz) tries to impress one of the school's popular set (Lea Thompson) and is unaware that all the while his best friend (Mary Stuart Masterson) desires his affection.
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 The Stepford Wives 1975 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Fantasy
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise, Josef Sommer, Mary Stuart Masterson, Patrick O'Neal, John Aprea, William Prince, Carol Eve Rossen, Carol Mallory, Judith Baldwin, Barbara Rucker, Toni Reid
Ira Levin's best-selling novel is brought to the screen as mysteries unfold behind the personalities of "perfect" housewives in the town of Stepford, Connecticut. Joanna (Katherine Ross) and Walter (Peter Masterson) move with their children to Stepford to enjoy what they believe is an ideal suburban community. But, Stepford has a dark secret: the husbands are replacing their wives with robots that will perform domestic tasks and exist only to please their husbands. Will Joanna be able to escape this nightmare?
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| 1. Amazing Stories: Book 2 (1987)
2. At Close Range (1986)
3. Bad Girls (1994)
4. Bed of Roses (1996)
5. Benny & Joon (1993)
6. Black and Blue (1999)
7. Chances Are (1989)
8. Digging to China (1998)
9. Dogtown (1997)
10. The Florentine (1999)
11. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
12. Funny About Love (1990)
13. Gardens of Stone (1987)
14. Heaven Help Us (1985)
15. Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
16. Immediate Family (1989)
17. The Last Party (1993)
18. Leo (2002)
19. Married to It (1993)
20. Mr. North (1988)
21. My Little Girl (1986)
22. Radioland Murders (1994)
23. The Sisters (2006)
24. Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
25. The Stepford Wives (1975)
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